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A KEYWORD search will seek words in titles, authors, subjects, notes, etc.

Examples:

  • "National Forests" -- will be searched as a phrase
  • california near university -- words close to each other, in any order
  • lizard* -- 1-5 ending characters
  • comput** -- unlimited ending characters
  • wom?n -- to replace a single character
  • (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation)
  • stocks and not bonds -- gets rid of items with "bonds" in them
Search Tips
Wildcards Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. '*' for 1-5 characters, '**' for open-ended truncation, '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word. The wildcard may only appear after at least two characters.
Examples : environment* polic*, comput**, wom?n
Boolean Operators Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words.
Example : stocks and bonds
Example : (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation)
Proximity Operators Use "near" to specify words close to each other, in any order.
Example : california near university
Field limits A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s).
Grouping Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query.

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